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Employers evading social insurance payments affects workers’ rights

A worker at a company in Hà Nội. The capital is the city with the largest number of businesses, employers, and beneficiaries of social, health and unemployment insurance policies in the country. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Evasion of social insurance payments for workers increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as enterprises grappled …

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Update of COVID-19 new cases in Việt Nam on Feb. 13 afternoon

Cases reported in Hà Nội (2,940), Hải Dương (1,906), Nam Định (1,894), Hải Phòng (1,483), Thái Nguyên (1,281), Nghệ An (1,166), Ninh Bình (1,099), Vĩnh Phúc (976), Hòa Bình (894), Bắc Ninh (850), Đà Nẵng (842), Thanh Hóa (788), Phú Thọ (778), Quảng Ninh (608), Quảng Nam (576), Bắc Giang …

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State leader joins ethnic groups at spring festival

  President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the festival. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended a spring festival for ethnic groups and launched the 2022 tree planting festival at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hà Nội on Saturday. Addressing officials and 200 representatives of …

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Strong cold weather continues in northern region

  People in raincoat and warm clothes move on a street in winter. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — A cold spell is approaching Việt Nam keeping the region chilly over the next few days. After landing in some northern mountainous areas on early February 13, the spell will spread to other places …

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More than 27,000 COVID cases reported on Saturday

  A woman is tested for COVID-19. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam registered 27,311 COVID-19 patients on Saturday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic, taking the caseload to 2,484,481. A further 78 COVID-related deaths were announced, increasing the total fatalities to 38,862.  Among the new infections were …

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Update of COVID-19 new cases in Việt Nam on Feb. 12 afternoon

The following provinces and cities have recorded cases: Hà Nội (2,908), Nghệ An (1,501), Hải Dương (1,447), Hải Phòng (1,398), Bắc Ninh (1,390), Nam Định (1,287), Thái Nguyên (976), Ninh Bình (942), Đà Nẵng (927), Bắc Giang (910), Hòa Bình (879), Vĩnh Phúc (856), Phú Thọ (765), Thanh Hóa (686), Bình …

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Female doctor passionate in discovering plants’ secret

Dr Đặng Thị Thu Thủy (left) is in the plant nursery of the University of British Columbia. — Photo courtesy of the University of British Columbia HÀ NỘI — “Why do plants use water, light and air to produce compounds that have the potential to treat complex diseases like cancer?”  …

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